Boldavian spit-spine

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"They're as rare as Boldavian spit-spines these days."
―Piralli, to Moona[1]

A Boldavian spit-spine was an entity[1] that originated in[2] the Expansion Region Boldavia system.[3] They were considered rare during the High Republic Era.[1] Around 377 BBY,[4] in the bar Enlightenment in the Holy City on[1] the moon Jedha, the Sullustan[5] Piralli spoke with his friend,[1] the Twi'lek[5] Moona, about a Sullustan Mark VIII Legacy-class space yacht that he was restoring, which was only missing its central processor. When Moona asked him why he had not just bought a processor at a market, Piralli explained that the yacht needed a specific type that was no longer produced and compared the rarity of the required processor to that of a Boldavian spit-spine.[1]

Behind the scenes

A Boldavian spit-spine was mentioned in "Missing Pieces," a short story written by George Mann and published in the short story collection Star Wars Insider: The High Republic: Tales of Enlightenment as part of the The High Republic: Tales of Enlightenment series within the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[1] Phase II on April 2, 2024. Prior to the story's release, the mention was included in an excerpt of the story posted on StarWars.com on April 1 of that year.[6]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Tales of Enlightenment: Missing Pieces" — Star Wars Insider: The High Republic: Tales of Enlightenment
  2. ↑ The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion (post by jasonfry) on the Jedi Council Forums' Literature board (December 11, 2007): "I wouldn't get your hopes up re alien homeworlds, beyond simple stuff like the Planetnamian species getting a Planetnamia on the map or things Dan and I can account for with a relatively quick reference." (backup link) (screenshot) Jason Fry, co-author of The Essential Atlas and a number of maps in the current Star Wars canon (see a list here), stated his intention to create homeworlds for numerous species based on context implied from their names. Given this principle, this article makes a similar basic assumption for Boldavian spit-spine in relation to Boldavia system.
  3. ↑ StarWars.com Star Systems of the Galaxy on StarWars.com (current version) (backup link) (previous version)
  4. ↑ The events of "Tales of Enlightenment: Missing Pieces" takes place around five years after the Battle of Jedha, which Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates to 382 BBY.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia
  6. ↑ StarWars.com From the Pages of Star Wars Insider: Star Wars: The High Republic: Tales of Enlightenment - Exclusive Excerpt on StarWars.com (backup link)